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Show oo HOTJATER Editor of Chicago Paper Says He Knows of Corruption Springfield, Ills.. 'March 29. H. H. Kohlsaat. publisher of the Chicago Record-Herald, told tho Senate investigation inves-tigation committee today that he knew 5100,000 had been used to procure the election of William Lorlmer to tho United States Senate He then refused re-fused to give the committee the Hource of hi information, notwithstanding the power to imprison him because of his refusal. "Any man who will violate a con-, Jidoucc Is not worth a snap," s.id Mr. Kohlsaat. "No newspaperman can violate a confidence. This is my codo of moralB " "You havo been demanding this Investigation In-vestigation and now you refuse to aid us." "I appreciate tho position, hut I will not violate this confidenco," concluded CSlr. Kohlsaat. Tho committee then went Into executive ex-ecutive conference. Again Mr. Kohlsaat refused absolutely abso-lutely to answer the questions. The doors were then reopened and ! Mr. Kohlsaat was givpn a third op-portuntlty op-portuntlty to answer. This he again refused to do, Mr. Kohlsaat was excused until 10 o'clock Thursday morning. He .was Informed by the committee that its members had agreed that ho must (Continued on Page. Seven ! LORIMER IN HOT WATER. (Continued from Page One) answer the questions regarding tho money. Taft'8 Denial. Washington, March 29. Prompt do-nlal do-nlal 'os made hero today by friends of President Taft of the rep'ort from Springfield, Jll that Mr. Taft had joined with Senator Aldrlch in urging urg-ing the election of William Lorimer to tho United Stales senate. Edward Hines, at the Lorimer hearing hear-ing in Springfield jesterday, testified that Senator Aldrlch had told him Mr. Taft was anxious that Mr. Lorimer Lori-mer should bo selected It was stated hero today that a similar sim-ilar roport became current last September Sep-tember and that President Taft then, In a letter to an Illinois friond, catc-gprically catc-gprically denied the statement FrlertdB of the President said today that Mr, Taft had expressed tho hope that tho deadlock in Illinois would be broken, and a senator elected, but that was as far as ho had gone. Formor Senator Aldrlch today declined de-clined to discuss the testimony of Mr. Hiuea. |